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Like war, whose greatest engine it was, it is the cause of incalculable evil.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Like war, whose greatest engine it was, it is the cause of incalculable evil.”
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He likens the suspension of specie payments to war, stating it causes significant harm to society.
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